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i worked with the iraqi opposition, democratic opposition to saddam hussein under president clinton and secretary albright and my job was to organize and support the iraqis working for a post saddam hussein future and i was privileged to be part of that. i did that to the best of my ability and worked with members of congress who were keenly interested. if there were particular questions i'm not sure -- some members of the iraqi opposition uphold american policy. i worked closely in egypt not only with the government but civil society. the theory of the case we had was we had to press on all fronts starting with a stubborn president hosni mubarak, with his government, with his state and civil society. i was privileged to go to the headquarters of opposition movements to continue the flow of funding provided by the united states through usaid and civil society groups. that remains an issue with the government of egypt. i was proud to do that and took up the issue with president hosni mubarak himself and determined to keep doing that. i am glad to answer any particular questions that may
i worked with the iraqi opposition, democratic opposition to saddam hussein under president clinton and secretary albright and my job was to organize and support the iraqis working for a post saddam hussein future and i was privileged to be part of that. i did that to the best of my ability and worked with members of congress who were keenly interested. if there were particular questions i'm not sure -- some members of the iraqi opposition uphold american policy. i worked closely in egypt not...
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their palestinian, iraqi, egyptian among others, iranians and come from all parts of the world. power muslim americans are honorable citizens, loyal citizens and their as distressed as we are about what is going on. they're not only ordinary citizens but elected officials, members of state legislature, people who sit on the courts as judges and persons who hold other high offices in our society. there are almost without exception hon. loyal citizens and they are distressed as much as we are about the behavior of al qaeda and other threats to their nation as we are to sharing concerns of what is danger to our nation. i ran investigative committees for years. i kept a picture of joe mccarthy on the wall so i would know what it was i did not want to look like, to do or to be and this committee going into these matters wisely, carefully and well can achieve the results of alerting the nation to the concern. i thank you and members of the committee to do what i know you are fully intent upon doing and that is to see to it as we go into these matters we do not block the good name or l
their palestinian, iraqi, egyptian among others, iranians and come from all parts of the world. power muslim americans are honorable citizens, loyal citizens and their as distressed as we are about what is going on. they're not only ordinary citizens but elected officials, members of state legislature, people who sit on the courts as judges and persons who hold other high offices in our society. there are almost without exception hon. loyal citizens and they are distressed as much as we are...
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the particular questions, i'm sure ms to antagonize the members of the iraqi opposition. i worked very closely in egypt is not only the government, but very much civil society. the theory of the case we had was we had to press on all fronts, starting with a very stubborn president mubarak who is committed and said in his ways with the people around him, with the government, which he states it very much a civil society. i was privileged to go to the headquarters of opposition movements to continue the flow of funding provided by the united states through usaid to civil society groups. i understand that remains an issue that i was proud to continue to do that and took up the issue with president mubarak himself and told him we were determined to keep doing them. again, i'm glad to answer to any particular questions that may come up. i made it a point to it without the religious community leaders, one of the great experiences of my life to have a crusader in cairo while the imprecations in affair where reading. i met with his holiness potion it in many, many times and sought
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and, paul, i appreciate you being a very articulate spokesman on behalf of our iraqi and afghanistan veterans. they're going to need it over the years. there are a loot of 'em, and the -- lot of 'em and the challenges, just like crystal described, are greater. there are a lot of people surviving battlefield injuries that didn't before that require a tremendous amount of help and support. so i appreciate what you're doing. crystal, on the non-medical attendant, when you were answering senator brown, you said that the va provides one for up to six months? i thought i heard you say? >> i think it's actually military compensation because the va don't pick you up until after you're, the service member has retired. so, um, it's military compensation, and it's up to six months, i think that's the requirement from my understanding. when i first initially applied for the nonmedical attendant, they did it for a year, and then i was informed that it could only be six months. so when i -- and then i was informed before applying again that i was, i didn't rate it because i was transferred with to
and, paul, i appreciate you being a very articulate spokesman on behalf of our iraqi and afghanistan veterans. they're going to need it over the years. there are a loot of 'em, and the -- lot of 'em and the challenges, just like crystal described, are greater. there are a lot of people surviving battlefield injuries that didn't before that require a tremendous amount of help and support. so i appreciate what you're doing. crystal, on the non-medical attendant, when you were answering senator...
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and it turns out the first kind of spirit is we are very, very frightened of that country bork iraqi is. arad has the existential threat to. but then to say vietnam's poses the greatest threat that has ever faced man. that is first but the second kind is we're not worried about the country itself of foreigners to come in. we're not really worried about afghanistan itself but al qaeda who come to afghanistan to use it. the russian foreign minister in 1867 who said it is in the nature of civilized countries facing while barbarian man's if they do not settle is the threat so it is a failed state that the third kind is not about the country but about the effects on the nabors. if afghanistan false others will get their hands on the nuclear weapons. and then it is called the dominant theory. and the fourth category of fear the more than a great thing of that logical structure is every conceivable the year but regardless what this country does our does not pose a threat, we will be defeated and humiliated. we are afraid of our pride and our reputation will not allow us to be defeated. the
and it turns out the first kind of spirit is we are very, very frightened of that country bork iraqi is. arad has the existential threat to. but then to say vietnam's poses the greatest threat that has ever faced man. that is first but the second kind is we're not worried about the country itself of foreigners to come in. we're not really worried about afghanistan itself but al qaeda who come to afghanistan to use it. the russian foreign minister in 1867 who said it is in the nature of...
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on the other side, go to a president like bush i, the iraqi is going to kuwait and it is seen as a direct threat to the united states. bush decides to do something and pursuant to the power doctrine which is a direct consequence of the imam war, president george h. w. bush since 500,000 troops to do something that told us later could be done by the other navies but because they wanted to send many overloading of the circuit as it were to make absolutely sure the job is done, you go in to do it fast and you get out. that idea is a different from our experience in vietnam. so a president can do it in different ways but is only shadows by this legacy. and yet, it has come to the present day. here we are engaged not only on the ground but in libya where no u.s. interest or significant u.s. interest is involved will have no sense on how we are going to get out again. and the engagement to the degree that there is a free engagement is rather timid is that a function of the viet nam has pursued by president obama and his advisers? >> the situation is interesting because it is going on today for
on the other side, go to a president like bush i, the iraqi is going to kuwait and it is seen as a direct threat to the united states. bush decides to do something and pursuant to the power doctrine which is a direct consequence of the imam war, president george h. w. bush since 500,000 troops to do something that told us later could be done by the other navies but because they wanted to send many overloading of the circuit as it were to make absolutely sure the job is done, you go in to do it...
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we are frightened of afghans or iraqis. iraq poses an essential threat. as president reagan observed in 1963 vietnam poses the greatest threat to the united states than ever faced man since it climbed from the swamp to the stars. the second is we are not worried about the country itself but foreigners who coming to the country. we are not really worried about afghanistan itself. we are worried about al qaeda and saudis who coming to afghanistan and are using it. in 1867 the russian foreign minister says it is in the nature of civilized countries facing while barbarian lands to wish to settle them. if they do not these wildlands will pose a threat to their civilization. the failed state vacuumed fear. the third is it is not about the country or the people who coming to the country but their effect on their neighbors. the theory in relation to afghanistan is if afghanistan falls pakistan will fall and mullahs will get their hands on nuclear weapons or in the case of vietnam is the domino theory. the fourth category of fear once you have given up on the othe
we are frightened of afghans or iraqis. iraq poses an essential threat. as president reagan observed in 1963 vietnam poses the greatest threat to the united states than ever faced man since it climbed from the swamp to the stars. the second is we are not worried about the country itself but foreigners who coming to the country. we are not really worried about afghanistan itself. we are worried about al qaeda and saudis who coming to afghanistan and are using it. in 1867 the russian foreign...
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i found the iraqi member of parliament sightseeing ghandi. >> from the '30's and 40's up through the 1990's not only in the balkans but it been albania built a remarkable movement lasting protect aids. a battle of civil disobedience that up part of the wars of serbia because of that it was possible. has also many of you may know, there is a remarkable fabulous society and very feudalistic. and then also defied for the better part of a decade but unfortunately he did not achieve the full potential. was not active enough and in the end, made to intervene but still it is a rebel movement. but what other countries in the balkans as bad as they were fined it was the right person at the right time. if they could grow plate but it achieved a lot and save the lives. and then in kosovo. this is an example from two years ago. with the movement to gain some attention from the west. here was an example not only bought by the regime and they adopted islam but then found a way to resist the prophecy. the still are keeping at it. but take the inspiration but then still able to function. then compri
i found the iraqi member of parliament sightseeing ghandi. >> from the '30's and 40's up through the 1990's not only in the balkans but it been albania built a remarkable movement lasting protect aids. a battle of civil disobedience that up part of the wars of serbia because of that it was possible. has also many of you may know, there is a remarkable fabulous society and very feudalistic. and then also defied for the better part of a decade but unfortunately he did not achieve the full...
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the iraqis go into kuwait. it is seen as a direct threat to the united states. bush 1 decides to do something and pursuant to the powell doctrine, which is a direct consequence of the vietnam war, president george h.w. bush sends 500,000 marines -- troops to do something powell told us it could be done by 100,000 but because of vietnam, he wanted to send in -- many, many -- sort of overloading the circuit as it were to make absolutely sure the job is done. you go in. you do it fast and you get out. that idea is so different from our experience in vietnam. so the president, yes, can do it in different ways but is always shadowed by this haunting legacy. >> and yet let's come to the present day. here we are engaged albeit not on the ground but engaged in libya, where no u.s. interest -- or significant u.s. interest appears to be involved. we have no sense of how we're going to get out again. and the engagement to the degree that there is any engagement is rather timid. is that to a function, debbie as a function by president obama and his advisors. >> the libyan s
the iraqis go into kuwait. it is seen as a direct threat to the united states. bush 1 decides to do something and pursuant to the powell doctrine, which is a direct consequence of the vietnam war, president george h.w. bush sends 500,000 marines -- troops to do something powell told us it could be done by 100,000 but because of vietnam, he wanted to send in -- many, many -- sort of overloading the circuit as it were to make absolutely sure the job is done. you go in. you do it fast and you get...
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victorian cell of a poll notion queen deposed by the suns of churchy new englanders, at that moment, the iraqi dictator was behind bars in a u.s. military compound guarded by pennsylvaniaians. [laughter] not that the queen, a constitutional monarch and accomplished musician and a mass murders, saddam, famous for gassing 5,000 kurds had much many common. there's a link between the two overthrows, the american habit of indulging that we called regime change. when the liluokalani palace tour guide mentioned the day the hawaiian flag was lowered and the american flag went up, she looked like she was going to cry. i couldn't help but picture that scene from the tv news earlier in the year when a u.s. soldier celebrated the invasion of baghdad by climbing up the statue of saddam and covering his bronze mustached face with the stars and stripes, a gesture unfortunate as pr and improper flag etiquette. [laughter] it was telling to spend the morning at a historic site like pearl harbor, one tattooed on the american memory, and an afternoon at another site we have forgotten entirely. the ground swell of
victorian cell of a poll notion queen deposed by the suns of churchy new englanders, at that moment, the iraqi dictator was behind bars in a u.s. military compound guarded by pennsylvaniaians. [laughter] not that the queen, a constitutional monarch and accomplished musician and a mass murders, saddam, famous for gassing 5,000 kurds had much many common. there's a link between the two overthrows, the american habit of indulging that we called regime change. when the liluokalani palace tour guide...
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we went with half of the troops that thought was necessary, no plans for how to employ the iraqi army, instead they disbanded, telling them couple hundred thousands arm people, go home, keep your guns, there's no place in the new iraq. what did we think would happen? president acquiesced. for three years, the president failed to fundamentally rethink how we were doing the iraq war and how to change it. i think unfortunately -- it's for those sort of forced errors, things that -- unforced errors. things that president bush could have, should have, asked questions, thought about things carefully, made the right decisions that ultimately made the iraq war a fiasco. had it gone well, had we done the occupation well, i think it's quite possible that we could have democratized and that could have led to a new era ultimately domestically. it didn't happy think that president bush deserves a lot of the blame for it not happening. i'll leave it at that. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, bob. now we have the pleasure of welcoming someone home. back to fayetteville. sunshine hillygus. she has
we went with half of the troops that thought was necessary, no plans for how to employ the iraqi army, instead they disbanded, telling them couple hundred thousands arm people, go home, keep your guns, there's no place in the new iraq. what did we think would happen? president acquiesced. for three years, the president failed to fundamentally rethink how we were doing the iraq war and how to change it. i think unfortunately -- it's for those sort of forced errors, things that -- unforced...
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as role models and i found a member of parliament citing gandhi and husin and i don't know how this iraqi parliament member knew about this but a remarkable story. from the 1930s and 40s, we come to the 1990s and much more recent examples. does anyone know -- well, it's written out that gandhi is a balkan but does anyone know about him at all? the balkans. he was in kosovo, albania; built a movement that lasted for almost a decade. a parallel society of civil disobedien disobedience, mass disobedience, mass serbs. let me explain kosovo its wars is part of serbia slash yugoslavia. it's so complimented. so yugoslavia was part of serbia and milosevic cracked down very heavily in response, they took over and the kosovo albanians built this remarkable parallel society of schools, colleges, hospitals and very pleuralisic and was named the mother teresa association worked together with christians and defied milosevic for a better part of a decade. unfortunately, the west ignored him. also, unfortunately, he did not achieve the full potential of what such a campaign should have, been able to achi
as role models and i found a member of parliament citing gandhi and husin and i don't know how this iraqi parliament member knew about this but a remarkable story. from the 1930s and 40s, we come to the 1990s and much more recent examples. does anyone know -- well, it's written out that gandhi is a balkan but does anyone know about him at all? the balkans. he was in kosovo, albania; built a movement that lasted for almost a decade. a parallel society of civil disobedien disobedience, mass...
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a half a million or more iraqis died in that war, some five or 6,000 of our own people died in this war. and the man skates on word. how did we come to be living in this backwoods time? >> i wish i knew the answer. i agree with you. i do admire john stuart very much, but i keep wishing that he did not feel compelled, and i don't know why he feels compelled, to use all the obscenities in his presentation. and it is not that i can't move around them, but, you know, he feels like he has to use the f word constantly. it is worse than when you watch it home. you know it. and i don't know why he feels that he's to do that because it means he will limit his influence through the survivors, remnants of america pastille believe that even if we are all centers to five centers and have fallen from grace, the maintenance of a public virtue is a very important standard for people, even if privately we fall off the wagon. i don't know what has happened to that. it is always back-and-forth between culture and religion. progressive christians in this country. william jennings bryan who fought for a pro
a half a million or more iraqis died in that war, some five or 6,000 of our own people died in this war. and the man skates on word. how did we come to be living in this backwoods time? >> i wish i knew the answer. i agree with you. i do admire john stuart very much, but i keep wishing that he did not feel compelled, and i don't know why he feels compelled, to use all the obscenities in his presentation. and it is not that i can't move around them, but, you know, he feels like he has to...
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l-water mine hunting systems in the vicinity of iraq and the waterways there as we participated with our iraqi friends in opening up the waterways and the harbors that are absolutely critical the their economic viability. and we've also used them extensively in underwater searches, for example, in a helicopter off the case of san diego. and i also had the great pleasure of going to wood's hole ocean graphic institute and seeing the work that they're doing there and how they use leading edge technology to find the flight data recorders from the air france flight that disappeared in mid ocean without any specific locating information. we were able to use those systems in that regard. and then, of course, our oceanographic community is using gliders this very extensive ways that are increasing our awareness of the underwater battle space. but even with all of that i think it's true to say, and i won't sugar coat anything, that many of our unmanned systems still operate on the periphery of naval operations. indeed, i would say many of all the unmanned systems operate on the periphery of all the op
l-water mine hunting systems in the vicinity of iraq and the waterways there as we participated with our iraqi friends in opening up the waterways and the harbors that are absolutely critical the their economic viability. and we've also used them extensively in underwater searches, for example, in a helicopter off the case of san diego. and i also had the great pleasure of going to wood's hole ocean graphic institute and seeing the work that they're doing there and how they use leading edge...
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obama is, vietnam war, up to the fact that we are now talking about the iraqi invasions and the video games. i was wondering in terms of a literary, and in particular the literary writer as well, would you consider world war i to be the end of the personalization of four in terms of the way in which people fight? >> i think in many ways it was. i mean, there was sort of a gradual progression towards that. obviously if you go back to the days of knights in armor and what people fight on their stories if you are a better source than any other guy, you prevailed. and i think this is one of the romantic images always associated with combat. as soon as the rifle and especially, you know, long-range rifle came into being, that reduced the guarantee that if you are a better source vendor marksmen for something from the other guy you would prevail because somebody could kill you from a great distance. in the first world war, that inability of one's own ability as a soldier to have anything to do with whether he survived or not was so extreme, in a way never known before because most people ac
obama is, vietnam war, up to the fact that we are now talking about the iraqi invasions and the video games. i was wondering in terms of a literary, and in particular the literary writer as well, would you consider world war i to be the end of the personalization of four in terms of the way in which people fight? >> i think in many ways it was. i mean, there was sort of a gradual progression towards that. obviously if you go back to the days of knights in armor and what people fight on...
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in 1966, the story you're talking about made headlines when an iraqi air force colonel defected from iraq to israel in a soviet mig, and at the time no one -- no western, you know, no member of the western world had ever had their hands on one. it's what all the arab nations flew, and it's obviously what the soviets flew, so the massad got a hold of it, it was a big deal to them and helped them win the six-day war, but what didn't make the news was after they were done with it, they made a deal with the cia to bring the mig to area 51, and dt barns was on the team that reverse engineered that, took it down to its nuts and bolts, and looked at it to figure out what made it fly, and at the time, we were engaming in the vietnam war, and our pilots over there were getting shot down in this terrible ratio of nine to one and were really losing against the mig. the soviets were supplying the vietnamese with the mig. there was a dog fight while they worked on the it out there in area 51, and after they reversed engineered it, that was called the technical phase, and then they began a tactica
in 1966, the story you're talking about made headlines when an iraqi air force colonel defected from iraq to israel in a soviet mig, and at the time no one -- no western, you know, no member of the western world had ever had their hands on one. it's what all the arab nations flew, and it's obviously what the soviets flew, so the massad got a hold of it, it was a big deal to them and helped them win the six-day war, but what didn't make the news was after they were done with it, they made a deal...
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commander of the combined security transition command there and was the spokesperson for operation iraqi freedom years ago. he has really been a major supporter and contributor to this program, to its manuals and its projects and we feel very fortunate to be able to share the videotape message with you. if we could roll the tape. >> is great to be with you today from camp edgars to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the moda program. when nato training was developed in 2009 we saw that her mission was about teaming with afghans to build an enduring and self-sustaining afghan national security force. though the international community had been supporting the afghan government, military police for several years, efforts really lacked from a sense of unity. there were limited resources and even limited expertise. the lessons of the soviet experience and previous international efforts as our guide, we adopted a new mindset of teaming, transparency and transition. today we see progress and promise for the future and one of the most important contributors to this achievement is the moda pro
commander of the combined security transition command there and was the spokesperson for operation iraqi freedom years ago. he has really been a major supporter and contributor to this program, to its manuals and its projects and we feel very fortunate to be able to share the videotape message with you. if we could roll the tape. >> is great to be with you today from camp edgars to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the moda program. when nato training was developed in 2009 we saw that...
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we had major papers like the seattle intelligence or the iraqi mountain news going under jobs and revenue were in the precipitous decline. but to use an old cliche we also sold at certain circles here at the new america and within d.c. solve this crisis as an opportunity to explore structural alternatives to the commercial media model for establishing a public service model for journalism and that was one of the zero original motives for this book that we coedited. a lot has changed in the last two years but unfortunately the journalism crisis is still here. the hemorrhaging has slowed down but the long-term view of the journalistic institutions remain bleak and the conversation should never just be about newspapers of course. it's about the future of journalism but it's still newspapers where most of our original reporting comes from and the newspaper industry that is under their greatest, undergoing the greatest decline. according to the p research center newspaper newsrooms are 40% smaller than they were in 2000 and there is little evidence that the advertising revenue that one support
we had major papers like the seattle intelligence or the iraqi mountain news going under jobs and revenue were in the precipitous decline. but to use an old cliche we also sold at certain circles here at the new america and within d.c. solve this crisis as an opportunity to explore structural alternatives to the commercial media model for establishing a public service model for journalism and that was one of the zero original motives for this book that we coedited. a lot has changed in the last...
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largest arabic population in the country, a very diverse arabic population with lebanese, syrians, iraqi, palestinian, jordanians, yemenis and many, many others and these proud americans make up a very important and vibrant part of our community and, you know, before i came to the congress, i actually had the great honor and privilege to serve as secretary of state which was two of my primary responsibilities was running the state elections but secondly serving as the motor vehicle administrator. i worked very, very closely with the arabic community to make sure they were registered to vote. if they were eligible and then issuing their driver's licenses and i remember running into a bit of a buzz saw when we had some female members of the arabic community who didn't want to have their driver's licenses photos taken unless they were completely taken. no, if you're going to have a michigan driver's license which is used as a fundamental part of your identity, you have to have a picture taken. and we tried to be very sensitive having a female clerk take the picture after-hours in a book roo
largest arabic population in the country, a very diverse arabic population with lebanese, syrians, iraqi, palestinian, jordanians, yemenis and many, many others and these proud americans make up a very important and vibrant part of our community and, you know, before i came to the congress, i actually had the great honor and privilege to serve as secretary of state which was two of my primary responsibilities was running the state elections but secondly serving as the motor vehicle...
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and, frankly, i don't think iraqis have any idea where their oil money goes at this point. i think we might, i hope the libyans are able to do better. the immediate social things are really quite a cute. this doesn't make the headlines a great deal but there are people, large of a people who have been displaced by need shelter and they need food, they need water. the transitional national council has been very good about collaborating with international ngos in providing basic needs, and expect them to do that also in tripoli, but i expected to be much more difficult in tripoli, not least because of the security situation. in the long term though the social needs are larger than the basic human needs of the vulnerable. there's going to be a really for a kind of social reconciliation, political reconciliation, whatever you want to call it in libya. this was a regime where a lot of people collaborator, and a lot of those collaborators were also collaborated with the new apparatus year i can tell you i don't know situation in which collaborators haven't tried to turn quickly t
and, frankly, i don't think iraqis have any idea where their oil money goes at this point. i think we might, i hope the libyans are able to do better. the immediate social things are really quite a cute. this doesn't make the headlines a great deal but there are people, large of a people who have been displaced by need shelter and they need food, they need water. the transitional national council has been very good about collaborating with international ngos in providing basic needs, and expect...
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shallow water mining systems in the vicinity of iraq and the waterways there as we participated with our iraqi friends in opening up the waterways and harbors that are absolutely critical to their economic viability. and we've also used them extensively and all under water searches for example in the helicopter of the case of san diego and i also have the great pleasure of going to the oceanographic institute and see the work they are doing there and how they use the leading edge technology to find the data recorders from the air france flight from the mid ocean without any specific location information we were able to use the systems in that regard and of course the oceanographic community is using the gliders and extensive ways of increasing awareness of the underwater battles based. but even with all of that i think that it's true to say, and i won't sugarcoat anything, that many of the systems still operate on the periphery of the naval operations and i would say of all of the unmanned systems operate on the periphery of all the operations in which we conduct. they clearly are not optimall
shallow water mining systems in the vicinity of iraq and the waterways there as we participated with our iraqi friends in opening up the waterways and harbors that are absolutely critical to their economic viability. and we've also used them extensively and all under water searches for example in the helicopter of the case of san diego and i also have the great pleasure of going to the oceanographic institute and see the work they are doing there and how they use the leading edge technology to...
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-funded programs and projects turn out to be unsustainable by the iraqi and afghanistan governments. both government and contractors have contributed to this waste. as to that point, i want to be clear that this report is not about criticizing contractors. it's about criticizing bad contracting, whether that involves poor planning and management by federal officials or poor performance and misconduct by companies. even if you take the upper range of our waste and fraud estimates, a significant amount of money spent on contracts and grants in theater appears to have been spent effectively. that point is important. the troops certainly feel that way. during our extensive travels in theater, we had -- we heard emphatic appreciation constantly at all levels for the quality and effectiveness of contractor support for the u.s. military effort. our focus on problems derives from our concern that the cost of contract support has been unnecessarily high. and competition -- excuse me, and that government has not effectively managed contracts to promote competition, reward good performance and
-funded programs and projects turn out to be unsustainable by the iraqi and afghanistan governments. both government and contractors have contributed to this waste. as to that point, i want to be clear that this report is not about criticizing contractors. it's about criticizing bad contracting, whether that involves poor planning and management by federal officials or poor performance and misconduct by companies. even if you take the upper range of our waste and fraud estimates, a significant...
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we had major papers like the seattle intelligence or the iraqi mountain news going under jobs and revenue were in the precipitous decline. but to use an old cliche we also sold at certain circles here at the new america and within d.c. solve this crisis as an opportunity to explore structural alternatives to the commercial media model for establishing a public service model for journalism and that was one of the zero original motives for this book that we coedited. a lot has changed in the last two years but unfortunately the journalism crisis is still here. the hemorrhaging has slowed down but the long-term view of the journalistic institutions remain bleak and the conversation should never just be about newspapers of course. it's about the future of journalism but it's still newspapers where most of our original reporting comes from and the newspaper industry that is under their greatest, undergoing the greatest decline. according to the p research center newspaper newsrooms are 40% smaller than they were in 2000 and there is little evidence that the advertising revenue that one support
we had major papers like the seattle intelligence or the iraqi mountain news going under jobs and revenue were in the precipitous decline. but to use an old cliche we also sold at certain circles here at the new america and within d.c. solve this crisis as an opportunity to explore structural alternatives to the commercial media model for establishing a public service model for journalism and that was one of the zero original motives for this book that we coedited. a lot has changed in the last...
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in 1966, the story you're talking about made headlines when an iraqi air force colonel defected from iraq to israel in a soviet mig, and at the time no one -- no western, you know, no member of the western world had ever had their hands on one. it's what all the arab nations flew, and it's obviously what the soviets flew, so the massad got a hold of it, it was a big deal to them and helped them win the six-day war, but what didn't make the news was after they were done with it, they made a deal with the cia to bring the mig to area 51, and dt barns was on the team that reverse engineered that, took it down to its nuts and bolts, and looked at it to figure out what made it fly, and at the time, we were engaming in the vietnam war, and our pilots over there were getting shot down in this terrible ratio of nine to one and were really losing against the mig. the soviets were supplying the vietnamese with the mig. there was a dog fight while they worked on the it out there in area 51, and after they reversed engineered it, that was called the technical phase, and then they began a tactica
in 1966, the story you're talking about made headlines when an iraqi air force colonel defected from iraq to israel in a soviet mig, and at the time no one -- no western, you know, no member of the western world had ever had their hands on one. it's what all the arab nations flew, and it's obviously what the soviets flew, so the massad got a hold of it, it was a big deal to them and helped them win the six-day war, but what didn't make the news was after they were done with it, they made a deal...
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to release some of our stocks and then divert iraqi oil that currently flows to the u.s. east to deal with the u.s.-asian market. that's what we know today, sir. thank you very much. >> thanks, dave, very much. the president thinks he needs to address three particular issues at this press conference. he thinks they're going to come up. one is given the limitations and disruption of supply, what about the strategic petroleum reserve? is this something that we should do? how long do we do it for? that's one thing he wants to know. secondly, you know, we don't know whether this is the first of a coordinated series of attacks to go after the infrastructure, the oil infrastructure, and really put the global economy in the toilet, if you will. and so what are the other areas of vulnerability for options of enhancing security in those areas. he wants to be able to address that and thirdly, what are policy actions for impacting the price of crude oil and buying products in the short term? we can already see the price of oil is headed to the roof. what can we do to reassure the ma
to release some of our stocks and then divert iraqi oil that currently flows to the u.s. east to deal with the u.s.-asian market. that's what we know today, sir. thank you very much. >> thanks, dave, very much. the president thinks he needs to address three particular issues at this press conference. he thinks they're going to come up. one is given the limitations and disruption of supply, what about the strategic petroleum reserve? is this something that we should do? how long do we do...
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and for most of the time was than 15,000 whereas more than 150,000 troops were committed to the iraqi situation. now with this kind of presence and this kind of commitment, it was difficult, it was not possible to militarize taliban, that itself needed complete focus, but the attention was diverted to iraq. the other point that i would mention is that even in 2002, 2001 you can say december, to those one and in 2002 at the time of the process of pakistan was suggesting that an effort should be made point to bring those taliban leaders and elements who are pluggable and may be ready to join the process. but the taliban with a lump together with al qaeda so in pakistan during the process which is in the year 2001, 2002 had lost its voice, and so far as the areas were concerned. now, i would say that pakistan's position was and a way validated with the evolution of the united states position on the taliban because there are two things which are almost a cliche for the stabilization of afghanistan. one is the reconciliation and the other is reconstruction. not a reconciliation with whom?
and for most of the time was than 15,000 whereas more than 150,000 troops were committed to the iraqi situation. now with this kind of presence and this kind of commitment, it was difficult, it was not possible to militarize taliban, that itself needed complete focus, but the attention was diverted to iraq. the other point that i would mention is that even in 2002, 2001 you can say december, to those one and in 2002 at the time of the process of pakistan was suggesting that an effort should be...
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mind hunting systems into the vicinity of iraq and the waterways there as we participated with our iraqi friends in opening up the waterways in the harbors that are absolutely critical to their economic viability. we've also used them extensively and underwater searches. for example, a helicopter off the shore of san diego. i have the pleasure of going to woods holographic institute seeing the work they are doing there and how they use leading edge technology to find the flight data recorders that disappeared mid ocean without any specific locating information. we were able to use those systems in that regard, and then, of course, our ocean community is using gliders in very extensive ways increasing our awareness of underwater battle space. even with all of that i think it's true to say, and i wouldn't sugar coat anything, that many of our unmanned systems still operate on the per riff rei. indeed, many of the unmanned systems operate on the prief yal operations of which we conduct. they are clearly not optimally integrated into our ships, into our squadrants, and into our concepts of o
mind hunting systems into the vicinity of iraq and the waterways there as we participated with our iraqi friends in opening up the waterways in the harbors that are absolutely critical to their economic viability. we've also used them extensively and underwater searches. for example, a helicopter off the shore of san diego. i have the pleasure of going to woods holographic institute seeing the work they are doing there and how they use leading edge technology to find the flight data recorders...
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thousand and make them available for our returning soldiers and sailors and marines from operation iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. i was shocked to hear just a couple of days ago that 30% of the returning vets from those two wars, iraq and afghanistan are unemployed. they would make excellent construction workers, and we should have a special program, if we do this, where we train them and put them into decent pays jobs. >> host: governor governor rendell, do you understand where governor governor scott of florida were coming from when they said no to federal funds for high speed rail? >> guest: i guess they may -- again, i haven't had a chance to speak to any of them, and i know john caisic from days in congress, and he's a great man, but they must have decided the benefits were outweighed by the cost, not only the cost to federal government, but the cost the states had to come up with to match the program, and without being on the ground there, i can't say whether that is analysis is right or wrong. they al were afraid of the problem that laura said in her
thousand and make them available for our returning soldiers and sailors and marines from operation iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. i was shocked to hear just a couple of days ago that 30% of the returning vets from those two wars, iraq and afghanistan are unemployed. they would make excellent construction workers, and we should have a special program, if we do this, where we train them and put them into decent pays jobs. >> host: governor governor rendell, do...
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commander jane lanham tafoya was assigned to the naval command health clinic in bahrain in support of iraqi freedom. she died from non-combat related causes on september 19, 2006. she was 43 years old. for her heroic service, lieutenant commander tafoya received many awards, medals and decorations, including the navy and marine corps commendation medal with gold star, the navy and marine corps achievement medal, the national defense service medal with bronze star, the global war on terrorism service medal, the armed forces reserve medal and the navy pistol shot medal with sharpshooter device. lieutenant commander tafoya served for 18 years in the navy. before her assignment in bahrain she served at the naval hospital and naval reserve center in philadelphia, the tphaefl hospital at -- naval hospital at camp lejeune, north carolina, abbored the u.s.s. ronald reagan and the tphaeft medicine unit 2 in be norfolk, virginia. in bahrain she was working as a dental hygiene any of the. she was a -- hygienist. she was a graduate of temple university. her mother remembers jane as a smart student who
commander jane lanham tafoya was assigned to the naval command health clinic in bahrain in support of iraqi freedom. she died from non-combat related causes on september 19, 2006. she was 43 years old. for her heroic service, lieutenant commander tafoya received many awards, medals and decorations, including the navy and marine corps commendation medal with gold star, the navy and marine corps achievement medal, the national defense service medal with bronze star, the global war on terrorism...